November 23rd to 27th

 Geography:

This week in Geography, students are exploring the natural and human factors that affect the climate. They are describing how each factor affects the climate, finding a picture that represents the factor as well as identifying if the factor is a physical process or human activity.

From there, we are going to do some work with climate graphs. We will learn about climate graphs and interpret a couple together before students will create and interpret one formally for a mark. This assessment will go into next week.

Religion:

This week, students are finishing up their presentations on an assigned community and presenting their work. 7-1 and 7-2 began presentations today and 7-3 will present Wednesday After that we will take some time to do a brief overview of the Bible as it is the story of our Christian community before embarking on our Advent Unit.

Drama:

Students are working on their Pink Panther Mime presentation. This is their final assessment for the Mime Unit. Both classes will serve as work periods as groups work through the Creative Process to produce their mime choreographed to music from Pink Panther.

November 16th to 20th

 Geography:

This week, students are finishing up their group project in which they were to research a natural process or human activity that affects the world's waterways. They will be presenting their findings to the class. Presentations are today for 7-2, Wednesday for 7-3, and Friday for 7-1.

Once the presentations are finished, we will be starting a new unit on Climat. We will start off by looking at the different climate zones around the world and we will work to be able to describe them as well as identify them from looking at images.

Religion:

The assignment "Lettre de Dieu" is due today for 7-1 and 7-2. It is due Wednesday for 7-3.

This week, we start a new theme. The new theme that we will be exploring is community. Students will have the opportunity to identify the communities of which they are a part before being assigned one community in particular to reflect on. Students will work in groups to reflect and analyze one specific type of community before presenting their thoughts to the class.

Drama:

This week students will work on and present a practice Mime sketch where they will be going to the movies. They will then start their assessed task for the unit.

All always, more details can be found in Workspace for all subjects!

November 9th to 13th

 Geography:

This week, we are starting a group project in Geography. Students will be working to research either a natural process or human activity that affects waterways. Students will answer some guiding research questions and then present their findings to the class through a Google Slide Presentation. Students will have three work periods to complete this task before presenting them next week. As per usual, the details of the assignment and the rubric are posted in Workspace.

Presentations will be :

7-1: Friday, November 20th

7-2: Monday, November 16th

7-3: Wednesday, November 18th

Religion:

This week, students will be completing an assessment. Throughout the last weeks, we have been exploring what it means to be a well-rounded and whole person. Students will be writing a letter to themselves as they imagine God would write to them, explaining how He hopes you will grow as a person this year. Students will have two classes to complete this task. Details of the assignment along with resources to help students complete this assignment are in Workspace.

Letters are due:

7-1: Monday, November 16th

7-2: Monday, November 16th

7-3: Wednesday, November 18th

Drama:

This week we continue to examine and analyze different types of mime. Up to now, students have watched mime performances by Charlie Chaplain and Marcel Marceau. Coming up, they will examine a couple of more modern mime performances before completing a journal entry. Through their journal entry, they will reflect on the different types of mime, the challenges that mimes face as well as the similarities and differences between the different mime performances that we saw.

November 2nd to 6th

And just like that, we are into our third month of school... where has the time gone?!?!

 Geography:

This week in Geography, we are starting a new unit. This unit will explore waterways and oceans. By the end of the unit, students will be able to describe the different types of waterways as well as explain how natural processes and human activities affect the world's waterways and oceans.

This week, students will discuss the importance of water for humans. Students will complete a graphic organizer in which they will describe the different types of waterways. We will then read about hydrographic systems.

Religion:

This week in Religion, we continue to explore and discuss what it means to be well-rounded and normal through discussions, reading, and reflection questions.

Drama:

This week in Drama, we are starting a new unit. The new unit is on Mime. We will begin the unit by watching, analyzing and comparing some famous mimes such as Charlie Chaplin and Marcel Marceau.